Lost Tears
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Merlin, beachside if I did, Arthur and Merlin would be together.
Chapter 4
Arthur watched his men as they all received medical treatment, he himself didn't need any since that boy, emyrs was it?, put a shield on him. Arthur knew he wasn't bad, and he didn't care if Elyan insisted on it, that boy was good at heart.
A women with blond hair named Isolde stepped into the medical room, she then called Arthur and Arthur's team's names. Beckoning them forward, Arthur watched his men walk over to her, some were limping.
"okay, the boy, his name is Emyrs253, Emyrs for short, he's seventeen, and he's friendly." she spoke, as she said that Arthur turned to glare at the dark skinned man whose name started with an 'E'.
"wait! He's awake?" Arthur asked happily. He had been afraid he would go back into that comatose state again.
"so what's going to happen, to this, Emyrs?" Lancelot asked as he stood up straight trying to peer at her clipboard.
"well normally we would put him in a facility, make sure he isn't of threat, but seeing as the last facility he was in, is now gone, we believe it's best if we put him in a more loving environment. Meaning a home." she flipped through her pages as Lance continued to squint his eyes at the papers she was flipping.
"and since you six were the first he saw, I believe it's best if he were to stay with one of you. So who does he like the most?" she asked as she eyed them all. Suddenly five fingers were pointed at Arthur.
"I guess I'll take him." Arthur offered out.
"good." and she turned ready to leave.
"Isolde! What happened to Gauis and his crew?" Lancelot asked as he ran after her.
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Arthur sat down in his car and got out, he was picking up the boy, Emyrs, today. He got out of his car and watched as a women helped Emyrs to the car. He was covering his eyes as if the sunlight hurt them. His skinny arms and legs showed he was deffientely malnourished. It seemed like he hadn't walked in a long time. Arthur walked forward and approached the raven haired teen and the women helping him. The boy looked up at Arthur, and instantly a smile appeared on his face and his eyes brightened. Arthur pulled off his sunglasses,
"here." Arthur then put them over the boy's deep sapphire ones.
The teen smiled and hugged the blond man.
"well here's a bag of some clothing, but he has no belongings." the women stated and looked over at the teen, Emyrs, hugging Arthur. Arthur grabbed the bag and slowly detached himself from Emyrs's arms.
"thank you!" he called behind him to the women.
"Good luck!" she called back and Arthur smiled as he helped the boy to his car. The boy sat in the passenger seat and looked after Arthur as he placed his bag in the seat behind them. He then got in the drivers seat and put his keys in, and turned them. The rumble had Emyrs jumping in fright.
"well Emyrs, my name is Arthur." Arthur said as he pulled out of the parking lot.
"I know, but my ainm(1) isn't Emyrs." the boy spoke softly. Arthur looked over at the boy in shock.
"what?"
"Emyrs253 is what the Russians called me, but that is not the ainm that my mother gave me." he stated happily gazing out his window in wonder.
"if you're not called Emyrs, then what are you called?" Arthur asked not keeping his eyes of the road.
"my mam named me Merlin." Arthur looked at Emyr-no Merlin. He couldn't see his eyes becuase of the sunglasses Arthur had so carelessly offered. Dammit. Arthur cursed himself, he couldn't tell what the boy was feeling now. Arthur turned a corner and sighed.
"tell me about yourself." Arthur told the teen. The boy's head snapped over to him.
"uh, like what?"
"anything."
"anything?" Arthur swirved quickly to the right passing by multiple cars.
"anything."
"oh...okay...well my first kill was at the age of eight." Merlin offered happily. Arthur chocked on air and coughed out loud. He had not been expecting that.
"um, okay well let's forget that was ever said, uh...it was you who was talking to me, right?" Arthur asked turning to the raven haired boy. The boy nodded.
"why me?" he asked not turning away from Merlin.
"green light." Arthur gave him a confused look.
"green light? Green light? What does th-" honks sounded out and Arthur jumped on the gas pedal.
"oh, green light." he mumbled as a driver passed him by flipping him off as he did so.
"you're different." the velvety, Irish accented voice spoke.
"is that why to talked to me?" Arthur asked, this time not turning away from the road.
"yes, for some reason you were the only one I could contact. As if your heart called to me." Arthur turned to him, his face turned bright red and he turned away. The rest of the ride was silent...and awkward.
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"this is it." Arthur told Merlin as he turned off the car. Merlin smiled as he stared out at the house, Arthur couldn't believe this was the same boy who had killed millions at the Russia facility. This boy was just so...happy...so innocent...and when he had killed all those men right before his very own eyes, Arthur knew he wasn't happy...wasn't innocent. That deep inside was a raging storm waiting to burst open.
Arthur pulled out the small bag the was the small belongings, his clothes, that Merlin had.
"Hey Arthur!" Arthur snapped around as he was helping Merlin out of his seat to see his neighbor Will. The wild rebellious teen was constantly in trouble, most of which Arthur's house was the victim to his infinite amount of pranks. It was safe to say Arthur didn't trust the Burnett teen.
"who's that!" he asked as he pointed to Merlin. Arthur turned to look at the raven haired teen with wide eyes. He was clutching Arthur's arm so that he wouldn't fall. He seemed to be in utmost shock and excitement.
"oh, this is..." Arthur debated on telling Will, Merlin's real name.
"Merlin." Arthur heard the thickly accented voice answer for him. Arthur was tempted to glower down at him.
"oh, nice to meetcha Merlin!" he did a small mock salute and walked back into his house. Merlin smiled and waved after him.
"right let's get you inside." he pulled Merlin along and helped him into the house. Merlin gazed around the living room and gasped in wonder. Arthur felt bad for the seven teen year old, it was clear he wasn't used to normal civilization. Arthur wondered how long he had been locked up in that facility since his first kill was eight.
"Arthur! Is that you!" Morgana's shouted sounded out. Merlin looked over to the kitchen where the smell of food was coming from.
"here Merlin watch the..." Arthur glanced at the tv, "tv!" he sat Merlin down and pointed at the giant screen. Merlin's eyes widened, and leaned in forward.
"ohhhhhh..." he whispered out and nodded. He eyed the tv with great concentration. Arthur stared him waringly.
"Yeah Morgana, I'm right here!" Arthur watched Merlin and quickly turned to see Morgana eating popcorn in the kitchen.
"hey Mor, I need to talk to you." Morgana looked up at Arthur's distressed face.
"Oh my gosh! You got someone pregnant!" Morgana screeched out as she flipped her bowl of popcorn. Popcorn scattered across the kitchen floor.
"What! NO!" he slapped a hand over Morgana's screeching mouth.
"we have a visitor, he's gonna be staying with us for awhile." Arthur offered as he ran his fingers through his golden hair. Morgana's light green eyed narrowed and looked out the kitchen to see the raven haired teen.
"who's that?" she pointed at Merlin. Arthur smiled at Morgana's childlike expression.
"that's Merlin," he whispered," he's from a Russian facility, they think it would be smart to put him in a positive environment." Morgana looked at him oddly.
"you better tell me the whole story later." Arthur nodded.
"but before it's later, what would happen if he wasn't in a positive environment?" Morgana asked not keeping her eyes off the odd teen in their living room. Arthur gulped.
"there is a high chance, about 99%, that he would kill us." Morgana snapped back around with a long gapping mouth.
"eh!" she shouted out but once again Arthur slapped a hand over her mouth. He could feel the vibrations as she cursed into his hand. Then Morgana did the unthinkable.
She licked him.
Arthur pulled his hand away with a disgusted look plastered on his face.
"ew." Morgana only started to fix her lipstick. And headed out of the kitchen. She then proceeded to stand in front of Merlin and smile.
"hello I'm mor-" Merlin cut her off.
"gana, I know, féidir leat a fheiceáil ar an todhchaí(2)" his smile widened only when Arthur and his half sister eyed him shocked.
"how did he know!" she turned to Arthur. Arthur pinched the bridge of his nose annoyed.
"Merlin isn't exactly, how do I put this?, normal." he stated. Morgana Eyed them both and sighed.
"right...I'll be in the kitchen...eating popcorn." Arthur watched her go and then turned to Merlin who was smiling gleefully.
"I watched the tv for you Arthur." Merlin pointed to the tv, which was off. Arthur smiled softly, getting Merlin used to society probably was going to be harder than he thought.
"I didn't let it move." his smile brightened at Arthur. Yup this was going to be harder than it originally sounded.
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Arthur wiped off sweat from his forehead. Getting Merlin ready for bed had been an extremely difficult task.
First he had fought Arthur to go in the shower. He had even teleported out of the shower with only a towel on. Then he has been resistant to changing his clothes. He had even blown Arthur out of the room and locked the door with a flash of his gold eyes. Then when it was time to actually get into bed, Merlin had refused. he kept saying something about 'arrachtaigh'(3) in the shadows, closet, and under the bed.
What that was, Arthur could only guess. But when he had finally closed his eyes and his breath had evened out. Arthur could tell, it was worth it.
The Irish boy before him was truly magnificent, odd yes, but breath taking.
"Arthur?" Morgana whispered from behind him.
"is he asleep?" Arthur nodded and slowly got out of his chair and smiled down at the raven haired teen. He then proceeded to brush some hair off of his face. Merlin was absolutely stunning.
Arthur then had walked out and left the door cracked open, a sliver of warm yellow light shone on his legs.
Arthur himself was already ready for bed, and since Merlin had tooken his bed he was sleeping on the couch in the living room. The golden haired man turned to his sister as they walked down the stairs to the kitchen and then heading into the living room.
Arthur turned on the tv and then sat down on the couch next to his older half sister.
"you promised me you would tell me what happened to him." Morgana spoke gesturing upstairs to where a unique teen slept.
"yeah, you see..." and Arthur then began to tell her everything, about how the mission had seemed easy enough and how there had been suicide bombers as guards. About how he had heard Merlin tell him of the cement elevator, and how they had ran through the facility to find it empty except for the ash. About how Merlin had told him the code to get in.
"you should have seen it Mor. It was horrible. He had just been sleeping in a gaint tube breathing in green liquid, and he looked so helpless. So lost." Arthur's breath shuttered. So he told her off how he helped him, how a man named Cendred had told them Merlin had killed everyone, how he had smashed the computer and how Merlin had awoken. He retold the destruction that soon followed. The blood and ash. The guns, the men, the death...
"it wasn't like anything I had seen before Morgana. He was killing people with just the swipe of his arm. With a damn snap of his fingers, everyone just died. I still don't know what happened to Gauis and his recovery team." Morgana looked down at her hands and twisted them. She seemed utterly in shock and seemed to be in thought. Arthur almost regretted telling her.
"don't worry Arthur." Morgana smiled happily, "I like him." she smiled and then turned to the phone as it started to ring. Arthur got up and picked it up before it could awaken their visitor.
"hello?" Arthur asked.
"hello Arthur, it's your father."
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Big deep blue eyes opened and watched the area before him. He was chained to the wall behind him. Chains holding him back as he tried to get up. He called upon the only thing he knew, his magic.
But it didn't come.
"I wouldn't try that if I were you." the young eight year old snapped his head over to the older women before him. It was the women who scared him, the one with the long white lab coat and the long slightly curly blond hair.
"Cad atá déanta agat!(4) Where is it! Where is my magic! ÁIT!(5). Please...please tell me...le do thoil(6)..." tears fell from the young boy's face as he looked down to the muddy floor. Even though he couldn't see the women's face he knew she was smirking.
"I took it, sweet child, it's being repressed, by that." she pointed to Merlin's neck. Merlin reached up and felt the cold metal band wrapped around his neck. He started to claw at his, scratching his neck in the process but not truly caring. All the while she laughed and laughed, that sickening peal of laughter scared him.
"welcome to Russia, lepercuan." she then took his arm and put a faint stamp on it, under his arm near his armpit. It was Emyrs253.
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Lights flashes on and an elderly man's eyes widened at the new bright lights.
"welcome...friend." luaghter echoed across the room.
"it's so good to see you Gauis." she laughed as she walked out of the shadows into the light. Gauis looked up at the women before him. She was blond, slightly tan, most pale, with brown eyes.
"wh-who are you...what...have y-you done t-to...mer-Merlin?" the older man asked. The women smirked.
"you don't recognize me? True it's a new body, but I thought for sure you would have guessed it by now." she spoke happily twirling her blond hair. Gauis eyed her waringly and then widened his eyes.
"Nimueh!" he spoke horrified.
A/N: this chapter wasn't as exciting. But here it is, Merlin isn't as bad ass in this one sorry, he's more like his original character.
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